Are you madabout kit cars      
 "We've Got Kit Cars Covered" Information about Madabout-Kitcars.com Contact Madabout-Kitcars.com         Home of UK kit cars - madabout-kitcars.com Various kit car write ups All the latest kit car news Kit car related and general discussion

Search
Manufacturers
Kit Cars
Kit Car Data sheets
Picture Gallery
SVA Knowledgebase
Clubs & Communities
Build cost estimator
Kit cars for sale
Knowledge Base 
KitcarUSA.com
Classic-Kitcars.com
 

Go Back   Madabout Kitcars Forum > Mad Build Area > Tribute Automotive Builds

Tribute Automotive Builds Discuss your Tribute kit build

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #141  
Old 30th March 2018, 23:19
Jaguartvr's Avatar
Jaguartvr Jaguartvr is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Egham, Surrey
Posts: 1,780
Jaguartvr is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveP View Post
damn ... flange nuts of course !

When i did mine up there were three of us so didn't have Jag's balancing act to perform - that must have really sucked. The 250SWB front is heavier than the average politician's conscience

Dave
I struggled on my own as I was worried about spilling my beer..............
Reply With Quote
  #142  
Old 30th March 2018, 23:43
molleur molleur is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,401
molleur is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaguartvr View Post
There are details on the uprated gas struts and order details on my build thread.
Unfortunately, due to me just returning from a beer festival I can't see the post so you will have to hunt for it!
Oh, I'll find it! Not beer time here just yet..Verry soon though.
Reply With Quote
  #143  
Old 31st March 2018, 12:24
couerdelion couerdelion is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 123
couerdelion is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by molleur View Post
Oh, I'll find it! Not beer time here just yet..Verry soon though.
Here you go... http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...4&postcount=56
Reply With Quote
  #144  
Old 31st March 2018, 12:41
molleur molleur is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,401
molleur is on a distinguished road
Default

Thanks, just read the entire build thread again!
Reply With Quote
  #145  
Old 31st March 2018, 18:15
couerdelion couerdelion is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 123
couerdelion is on a distinguished road
Default

Not the best of days working on the car...

Decided to tackle the dash.

Made a beautiful template and measured everything up perfectly. Checked, rechecked and checked again.
Then carefully cut 4 holes perfectly into the dash. Holesaw was slightly smaller than needed but decided I could file it out to right size.

Same again for the big dials. This time hole saw was perfect size. Two beautiful holes cut...

Offered up the Speedo to check and it fell through. Vibrations had made hole too big. Shit.

Checked smaller holes and they fit perfect. Decided to trial fit gauges to check. Oil temp, oil pressure, water temp, fuel and bollox, the clock. 5 dials. 4 holes.
Reply With Quote
  #146  
Old 31st March 2018, 18:31
IanA's Avatar
IanA IanA is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Oxon
Posts: 1,118
IanA is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by couerdelion View Post
... hole too big. Shit... 5 dials. 4 holes...
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the lamp-post.
Reply With Quote
  #147  
Old 31st March 2018, 18:36
molleur molleur is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,401
molleur is on a distinguished road
Default

Lesson learned. Always cut slightly undersized and file or grind to fit.

Bummer my friend. Glass them back and cut them again I'm afraid.
Nearly a whole day wasted to repair. That sucks!
Reply With Quote
  #148  
Old 31st March 2018, 21:14
couerdelion couerdelion is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 123
couerdelion is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by IanA View Post
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the lamp-post.
Quote:
Originally Posted by molleur View Post
Lesson learned. Always cut slightly undersized and file or grind to fit.

Bummer my friend. Glass them back and cut them again I'm afraid.
Nearly a whole day wasted to repair. That sucks!
C'est la vie. Nothing that cant be fixed.

Pain in the ass though!
Reply With Quote
  #149  
Old 31st March 2018, 21:21
molleur molleur is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,401
molleur is on a distinguished road
Default

Not that I ever make a mistake either.
Reply With Quote
  #150  
Old 31st March 2018, 21:57
IanA's Avatar
IanA IanA is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Oxon
Posts: 1,118
IanA is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by couerdelion View Post
C'est la vie. Nothing that cant be fixed...
Spoken like a true kit car builder- all your own work and no-one else to share the credit when it's done.
Reply With Quote
  #151  
Old 1st April 2018, 11:17
lancelot link's Avatar
lancelot link lancelot link is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: POOLE , DORSET
Posts: 2,200
lancelot link is on a distinguished road
Default

We've all done it !!
I have had my engineer mate make me up a couple of 'cheat rings' to go round the gauges like a big washer before to deal with it ...I got him to match the other gauges too , so it all looks deliberate !!
Reply With Quote
  #152  
Old 1st April 2018, 13:36
molleur molleur is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,401
molleur is on a distinguished road
Default

How about sectioning a fiberglass body and removing six inches, only to find it two inches too short! That was a lot of work to fix!
Reply With Quote
  #153  
Old 2nd June 2018, 10:42
Jaguartvr's Avatar
Jaguartvr Jaguartvr is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Egham, Surrey
Posts: 1,780
Jaguartvr is on a distinguished road
Default

All gone very quiet, hope you're not malingering.
Update with photo's needed.
Reply With Quote
  #154  
Old 2nd June 2018, 13:36
Mitchelkitman Mitchelkitman is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: norfolk
Posts: 691
Mitchelkitman is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by IanA View Post
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the lamp-post.
I was making up a new kunifer pipe to go to the rear of the car..... Used a piece of string placed along the desired route (and did it twice), to get a reasonably close measurement. Plan was to make it 100mm longer(just in case), put flare in one end and connect it, go the route (clipping to chassis on the way) and then do a minor shortening and the final flare whilst under the car. To this day I don't know why it ended up 600mm too long!
Reply With Quote
  #155  
Old 2nd June 2018, 13:41
froggyman's Avatar
froggyman froggyman is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Devon
Posts: 550
froggyman is on a distinguished road
Default

Always measure twice they reckon|
Reply With Quote
  #156  
Old 2nd June 2018, 13:54
Mitchelkitman Mitchelkitman is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: norfolk
Posts: 691
Mitchelkitman is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by froggyman View Post
Always measure twice they reckon|
Always read twice!
"Used a piece of string placed along the desired route (and did it twice)" And it wasn't elastic either!
Reply With Quote
  #157  
Old 7th December 2018, 16:07
couerdelion couerdelion is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 123
couerdelion is on a distinguished road
Default

Amazing how quickly time can pass and nothing gets done. Nothing with the car anyway. Main reasons for doing very little in the last 12 months was finishing off a degree and doing an Ironman. Both in the bag so ready to start again.

Managed to get back up to the unit last weekend to find out it had been broken into and a few things stolen - my bikes and tools so about 5k's worth altogether. I had been up a week before to drop some stuff off so it was recent enough. Still, nothing that cant be replaced.

All the car stuff is still there and I'll be making a go at getting a fair bit done over Christmas. Plan is to get there this weekend and sit down and make a list of everything that needs completing and go again.

Brackets to fit seats are done so they may even get fitted this weekend after I put the new carpet in. I'll try and get dashboard reglassed over Christmas - needs to be done at home really where its dry and warm and then I'll line someone up to do the electrics in the early new year.

Then I'm starting another masters and I've entered another Ironman so who knows what else will get done.
Reply With Quote
  #158  
Old 7th December 2018, 17:03
Mitchelkitman Mitchelkitman is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: norfolk
Posts: 691
Mitchelkitman is on a distinguished road
Default

Well done with your 'target items', but sorry to hear of the theft. Possibly not much help, but putting messages on the various cycling forums may help, also put searches on Ebay and Gumtree (and any others) that will send you a message if key words are listed - always worth a try!
Reply With Quote
  #159  
Old 8th December 2018, 09:55
Mister Towed's Avatar
Mister Towed Mister Towed is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,328
Mister Towed is on a distinguished road
Default

Probably teaching you to suck eggs, but you might want to beef up your security at the unit now. Sadly it's common practice for burglars to return a few weeks later to steal the new items that they know you'll have bought to replace what they stole before.
Reply With Quote
  #160  
Old 8th December 2018, 14:41
black fingernail black fingernail is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1
black fingernail is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by couerdelion View Post
Not the best of days working on the car...

Decided to tackle the dash.

Made a beautiful template and measured everything up perfectly. Checked, rechecked and checked again.
Then carefully cut 4 holes perfectly into the dash. Holesaw was slightly smaller than needed but decided I could file it out to right size.

Same again for the big dials. This time hole saw was perfect size. Two beautiful holes cut...

Offered up the Speedo to check and it fell through. Vibrations had made hole too big. Shit.

Checked smaller holes and they fit perfect. Decided to trial fit gauges to check. Oil temp, oil pressure, water temp, fuel and bollox, the clock. 5 dials. 4 holes.
Many moons ago, a friend of mine had a customers car in to fit a sun roof, he ironed the paper template, measured carefully and taped the template in place, went away, came back and re-measured. He took a deep breath and made the cut, the sunroof dropped straight through the hole!
It turned out that it wasn't the template at all, but the protective paper covering to stop it getting scratched.....
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +0. The time now is 09:15.

copyright © madabout-kitcars.com 2000-2024
terms and conditions | privacy policy